Laurent Catellier (5 September 1839 – 17 January 1918) was a

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physician and professor. Born in Saint-Vallier,

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, Catellier studied at the

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before receiving a bachelor's degree in medicine from the

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in 1863. In 1865, he received a degree of doctor of medicine. In 1870, he became special professor of practical anatomy at the Université Laval's

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and became a full professor in 1874. In 1905, he was appointed dean of the faculty of medicine. He retired in 1910 and was made a professor emeritus.

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